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pusillanimities

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  • noun Plural form of pusillanimity.

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Examples

  • All his life he had fought an on-and-off war against the Mexicans, for whose treacheries and pusillanimities he felt a weary contempt.

    Once They Moved Like the Wind David Roberts 1994

  • All his life he had fought an on-and-off war against the Mexicans, for whose treacheries and pusillanimities he felt a weary contempt.

    Once They Moved Like the Wind David Roberts 1994

  • Some kind of remorse must be known to the oyster; certain hatreds, certain pusillanimities.

    Paras. 1-24 1909

  • And after all, the abominations of New York's politics are only a few degrees more repellent than the cruelties and pusillanimities of her self-styled patrician horde.

    The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Various 1888

  • And when the rocket attacks and suicide bombings resume, Mrs. Schori may be persuaded to deplore them (with the usual moral pusillanimities like "cycle of violence" along for the ride) while insisting that Israel refrain from effectively defending itself since it will cause more violence.

    Midwest Conservative Journal 2009

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